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Mechanical properties and thermal stability of W-ZrC/HfC-Re alloys fabricated by spark plasma sintering
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1.Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences;2.University of Science and Technology of China

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    Four kinds of tungsten-based materials, W-0.5 wt.%ZrC-(1, 3) wt.%Re (WZC1R, WZC3R) and W-0.5 wt.%HfC-(1, 3) wt.%Re (WHC1R, WHC3R), were prepared by mechanical ball milling and spark plasma sintering (SPS). The microstructures, mechanical properties and thermal stability were investigated. The WZC3R alloy exhibits a high ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 728 MPa at 500 °C and an UTS of 653 MPa at 600 °C, respectively, which are about 2.1 times higher than SPSed pure W. The uniformly distributed nano-sized ZrC and HfC particles can pin the grain boundaries and dislocations, thereby increasing the strength and inhibiting grain coarsing. The WHC3R exhibits a total elongation (TE) of 13.9% at 400 °C, and its DBTT is in the range of 300 ~ 400 °C, which is about 200 and 300 °C lower than that of SPSed W-ZrC and pure W, respectively. The addition of the solid solution element Re improves the toughness of W materials by increasing the number of available slip planes and reducing the critical stress needed to start plastic deformation. In addition, the four alloys show excellent high-temperature stability with no significant change in grain size and Vickers microhardness even after heat treatments at temperatures reach up to 1600 °C. The Re element solidly dissolved in W leads to lattice distortion, which can inhibit the diffusion of W atoms at high temperatures, hinder the migration of grain boundary, and slow down the kinetic process of W grain coarsening, thus enhancing the high-temperature stability of the W materials.

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[Wang Hui, Ding Chenshi, Xie Zhuoming, Liu Rui, Fang Qianfeng, Wang Xianping, Liu Changsong, Wu Xuebang. Mechanical properties and thermal stability of W-ZrC/HfC-Re alloys fabricated by spark plasma sintering[J]. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering,2024,53(5):1321~1331.]
DOI:10.12442/j. issn.1002-185X.20230729

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  • Received:November 15,2023
  • Revised:December 18,2023
  • Adopted:January 05,2024
  • Online: May 28,2024
  • Published: May 22,2024